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Quinquagesima

Definition: Quinquagesima

Quinquagesima

Noun

1. The Sunday before Ash Wednesday (the beginning of Lent).

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Date "Quinquagesima" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1637. (references)

Etymology: Quinquagesima \Quin`qua*ges"i*ma\, adjective. [Latin expression, from quinquagesimus the fiftieth, akin to quinquaginta fifty, quinque five. See Five.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: Quinquagesima

Synonym: Quinquagesima Sunday (n). (additional references)

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Specialty Definition: Quinquagesima

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Quinquagesima is the Sunday before Ash Wednesday, also called Quinquagesima Sunday, Shrove Sunday or Esto Mihi. The name originates from latin quinquagesimus (fiftieth), referring to the fifty days before Good Friday.

Quinquagesima can also refer to any fifty day period in the Catholic year, such as the time from Easter to Pentecost.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Quinquagesima."

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Crosswords: Quinquagesima

Specialty definitions using "Quinquagesima": Greasy Sunday. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Quinquagesima" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

German (Quinquagesima).

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Expression: Quinquagesima

Expression using "Quinquagesima": Quinquagesima Sunday. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Quinquagesima

Language Translations for "Quinquagesima"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

Quinquagesima. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ίυριακή Τησ Τυροφάγου. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

farsangvasárnap (quinquagesima sunday). (various references)

   

Manx

  

Jedoonee Innyd. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

inquagesimaquay

   

Spanish

  

quincuagésima. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

сиропусна неділя. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Quinquagesima"

Words rhyming with "Quinquagesima" (pronounced 'Quin`qua*ges"i*ma'): Aboma, Aceldama, Adenoma, Adipoma, Agama, Amalgama, Amma, Amphiuma, Analemma, Anathema, Angienchyma, Anhima, Arapaima, Aroma, Asthma, Atheroma, Bema, Blastema, Bothrenchyma, BRAHMA, Brama, Branchiostoma, Bregma, Broma, Cauma, Ceroma, Chacma, Chiloma, Chloasma, Chondroma, Cima, Collenchyma, Coloboma, Comma, Cosmorama, Croma, Cyclorama, Cytoblastema, Enigma, fibroma, GAMMA, gemma, Georama, Glama, Glaucoma, Glioma, Gnathostoma, gumma, hematoma, Hypoderma. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Quinquagesima

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-g-i-i-m-n-q-q-s-u-u"

-5 letters: imagines, magnesia.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Expressions 		5. Translations: Modern
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Bibliography


  

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